2026-02-08 06:00:51
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Serious ATV rollover — CareFlight response, one patient with major head trauma
- Type of Incident: ATV rollover / major trauma
- Location: Divide Road (curve west of Divide Road), mile marker ~8 (reported Divide Rd / Mile Marker 8)
- Time: Afternoon (calls began ~14:14; CareFlight coordination ~14:23–15:00)
- Details: ATV rolled with two patients (reported ~56‑year‑old female and ~60‑year‑old male). EMS requested air transport; CareFlight was paged and accepted. Ambulance 121 reported one patient with “pretty severe head injury” and multiple fractures — CareFlight landed and took patients for higher‑level trauma care.
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Brush / RV fire southeast of C. Charles Road near the power substation
- Type of Incident: Brush/vehicle (RV) fire
- Location: Hills southeast of power substation off C. Charles Road (reports referenced 3427 C. Charles Road area)
- Time: Evening (~20:00–20:40)
- Details: Initial smoke reports and a permitted ag burn in the area; later crews found an RV/vehicle on fire in the hills behind the power station and inaccessible by standard engine. Mesa County and Clifton mutual‑aid brush trucks were requested; Brush 21/51 and other units responded. One person was reported out of the vehicles; brush apparatus worked the scene.
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I‑70 rollover after striking a horse — occupant initially trapped
- Type of Incident: Single‑vehicle rollover after striking large animal (horse)
- Location: I‑70 westbound, mile marker ~21–22
- Time: Overnight / early morning calls (~01:36 onward)
- Details: Automatic crash notification; reports the vehicle hit a horse and rolled with at least one occupant pinned. Lower Valley / Station units (Engine 31, Station 32) and deputies responded; patient extricated and transported to hospital.
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Highway 65 crash / vehicle on roof (automatic crash notification)
- Type of Incident: Motor vehicle crash / rollover
- Location: Highway 65 near 7001 Highway 65
- Time: Evening (~19:04 onward)
- Details: Automatic crash notification with callers hearing movement. Responding units found a vehicle on its roof; two occupants were out and being evaluated. Engine units and ambulances responded; vehicle reportedly damaged guardrail ~75–100 ft.
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Serious pediatric seizure — 10‑year‑old at Garden Village Apartments
- Type of Incident: Pediatric medical emergency (seizures / not breathing)
- Location: Garden Village Apartments, 2601 Belford Ave, Apt 85
- Time: ~18:54
- Details: Caller reported a 10‑year‑old male not conscious and not breathing with multiple seizures. Truck 1 and multiple ambulances responded; advanced life support was on scene.
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One‑vehicle crash into tree — passenger with abdominal pain, driver unaccounted for
- Type of Incident: Vehicle vs. tree crash, passenger injured / missing driver
- Location: 3020 E Road / Edward Road
- Time: Morning (~07:54–08:00)
- Details: One vehicle hit a tree in a driveway/yard area. Passenger (28‑year‑old male) conscious with abdominal pain; crew could not locate driver (reported as girlfriend). Code‑3 EMS response; law enforcement notified to check for driver.
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Vehicle vs. deer — Highway 141 (mile marker 152)
- Type of Incident: Single‑vehicle crash into deer (possible rollover)
- Location: Highway 141, MM 152
- Time: Evening (~18:26–18:38)
- Details: Multiple callers reported a vehicle swerved after striking a deer and rolled; at least one occupant breathing but with head injury and disorientation. Squad and EMS staged; deputies and ambulance responded; tow services requested.
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Vehicle struck pedestrian — 7th & Wellington
- Type of Incident: Vehicle vs. pedestrian
- Location: 7th Street & Wellington Avenue
- Time: Late evening (~22:51)
- Details: 60‑year‑old male struck by a vehicle, conscious and breathing with laceration to back of the head. Units responded code 3; suspect vehicle initially left scene. Scene managed by EMS and deputies; traffic control put in place.
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Crash in Bristol Court (D. David Rd area) — child and adult injured
- Type of Incident: Motor vehicle accident (two patients)
- Location: D. David Road / Bristol Court (east of intersection)
- Time: Mid‑afternoon (~15:50–15:56)
- Details: White Ford F‑150 involved; two patients reported — a 12‑year‑old male (bleeding from hand) and a 53‑year‑old female (bleeding from back of head). Engine 8 and ambulances responded; patients evaluated on scene.
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Suicidal/armed subject — Walnut Ave
- Type of Incident: Threat/mental‑health call with weapon reported
- Location: 614 Walnut Avenue
- Time: Late night (~22:56–23:02)
- Details: Reports of a 26‑year‑old male waving a gun and threatening suicide. Multiple units staged (Engine 3, Truck 6, squads). Incident involved law enforcement containment; patient was contacted and brought under control (units staged and ambulance placed).
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Target shoplifting arrest — felony custody
- Type of Incident: Theft / arrest
- Location: Target (mall)
- Time: Late afternoon (~17:28 onward)
- Details: Male (identified in radio traffic as Austin Copeland) detained at Target; reported felony arrest with confirmed warrant(s). Suspect taken into custody and evidence handled; case forwarded to PD.
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Other noteworthy EMS / mutual‑aid items
- CareFlight activations (notably for the Divide Rd ATV crash and the Divide Rd ATV patient with severe head trauma).
- Multiple forced‑entry overdose staging at 29 Mile Apartments — staged with law enforcement; patient found conscious after entry.
- Several smoke/possible brush fire checks (Pal isade Rim Trail, Highland Canal / 37.9 Road, illegal branch pile on F½ Road / Avalon Drive) — most were either controlled burns, permitted burns, or investigated with brush resources cancelled or cleared.
Notes and clarifications
- Times and some addresses were taken from radio timestamps and the transcribed traffic; some locations were reported by callers (staging locations / access notes were used by crews). Transcription contained some garbling; this report focuses on the most likely, confirmed incidents based on multiple unit responses in the traffic. Routine radio checks, administrative traffic, and standard patient transfers were omitted.